Unlawful operation of a recording device in a motion picture or live theater in the first degree · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 275.34 Unlawful operation of a recording device in a motion picture or
live theater in the first degree.
A person is guilty of unlawful operation of a recording device in a motion picture or live theater in the first degree when he or she commits the crime of unlawful operation of a recording device in a motion picture or live theater in the second degree as defined in section 275.33 of this article and has previously been convicted within the past ten years of violating section 275.33 of this article or this section.
Unlawful operation of a recording device in a motion picture or live theatre in the first degree is a class E felony.
A person commits first-degree unlawful theater recording by committing the second-degree offense under § 275.33 after a conviction under § 275.33 or this section within the past 10 years. ★ It is a class E felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.